A/N: Yeah I know I probably shouldn't be starting another one of these but the idea came to me when I was reading another person's fanfiction and I couldn't help myself.

Summary- Right before his entrance into the Academy Naruto's been broken and decides to flee from his tormentors and his village. He is stopped by a young Hinata and Rock Lee and they agree to join his quest for a home. Five years later, the Shinobi of Konoha are disturbed by the emergence of a new village. Oninomura-The village of demons.

Chapter 1- Leaving for home

He was laying in his bed, hands behind his head and entangled in his unruly yellow hair. He grinned at his water-stained ceiling, crossing his legs at the ankles. His belly fluttered with giddyness and his heart was beating rapidly in his chest. 'One more day,' he thought gleefully. One more day and he would be in the Academy and he would be one more step closer to his goal.

"To be Hokage and make sure everyone recognizes me as a powerful ninja!" He yelled, jumping up from his posistion and striking a victory pose. He paused like that for a moment until he was interupted by the fierce growl of his stomach.

He laughed nervously,"Guess it's time for breakfast." Jumping down from his bed he quickly changed out of his pajamas and into his signature t-shirt and shorts before grabbing his froggy pouch, filled with money he was given every month to live off by the Hokage, and locked the door on his way out. He quickly hopped down the stairs in a playful manner, grinning as he stared down at his feet as he went. As he reached the bottom he quickly began his journey to his favorite place to eat: Ichiraku.

He stared up at the sky as he walked, if only to avoid the stares and menacing glares that followed him as he went but he didn't tell himself that. To him it was simply that this early in the morning the sky was more interesting than anyone who was up at this time.

"Hmm, what ramen should I get today? Miso? Beef? I had chicken yesterday. I'm going to need my strength for tomorrow though...I'll just get all of them!" He laughed, throwing his hands behind his head happily. Suddenly he stumbled, falling flat onto his whiskered face and skidding to a halt. Naruto groaned, rubbing his freshly bruised face. What a great way to start the day.

"What just happened?" He asked, pushing himself up onto his elbows.

"Pardon me for my clumsiness!" A loud yet young sounding voice yelled from above him. He looked up, raising an eyebrow at the sight before him. He looked only about a year older than him, with a midnight black braid running down to the middle of his back. His black bug eyes were framed by his incrediblely bushy eyebrows and were filled with a determined fire. He wore a green chinese styled long-sleeved shirt with a high collar and matching white pants completed with blue ninja sandals. His slighly rounded face was sweaty and red around his cheeks, his hands slightly cut and bruised a deep purple. Naruto blinked his blue eyes at the boy before nodding his head skepically.

"Yeah well just watch where you're going next time kid!" Naruto pointed out while hopping to his feet, ignoring the fact that he wasn't watching his own step.

"You just ran into the future Hokage of this village." He boasted, dusting imaginary dirt from his shirt.

The other boy's eyes widened in surprise before he bowed lowly, "I'm sorry future Hokage-sama! My greatest apologies!"

Naruto blinked at the other boy in surprise, unsure of whether or not this strange guy was serious or not. Everytime Naruto said he was going to become Hokage they would spit in disgust at him hurtful words or laugh in his face, no one had ever bowed to him.

Naruto glared, "Are you making fun of me, because if you are I'm going to beat you into the ground-"

"Of course not Hokage-sama, why would I make fun of another person's dream?" He asked, looking up at Naruto from his bent over posistion. Naruto was taken back, shocked by the older boy's words.

"Excuse me Hokage-sama, but I must get back to my training! I'm going to be a famous ninja some day you know!" With that the boy stood up straight and flipped on to his hands. His elbows shook as he took a shaky step forward, struggling to keep steady. Naruto watched in confusion as he turned a corner on wobbling hands. He shook himself, shrugging his shoulders at this strange encounter before continuing to his favorite stand.

0-0-0

"Hey Naruto!" The old man at the counter greeted as the young boy entered under the curtain seperating his establishment from the street.

The boy grinned as he hopped up onto his usual stool, "Hey old man! How's it hanging?" Pain flooded his head as he felt a strong fist connect with it, causing him to cry out.

"What's the big idea?!" Naruto yelled, rubbing his head in pain.

Ayame stood with her hand poised above his head, glaring at him.

"What did I tell you about your manners, Naruto?" She demanded, returning to whatever it is she did behind the counter.

'For a ten year old girl she really does pack a punch.' He thought, continuing to rub his head.

"So Naruto I heard you're entering into the Academy tomorrow." The owner said, grinning as he stirred his pot. Nauto grinned, sitting on his knees to get higher up onto the counter.

"You bet, I'm going to be the best ninja those guys have seen in their lives. They're gonna be like 'Oh Naruto you're so awesome!' And that old man will be all like,'Naruto my old man skills are nothing in comparison to yours please take my posistion as Hokage since I stink so bad!' And I will so graciously accept!" He yelled enthusiastically, nearly bouncing up and down in his chair. The old man laughed, throwing his rag onto his shoulder as he asked Naruto what ramen he wanted today.

"Give me it all old man, gotta keep my strength up for class tomorrow." He said, puffing out his chest in pride.

"I have no doubt they'll have their hands full with you Naruto." He chuckled, getting to work on the boy's order.

"Believe it!" He grinned.

0-0-0

Naruto grinned, hands behind his head as he walked away from Ichiraku. He rubbed his belly in happiness as bowl after bowl of ramen settled in his stomach. And the best part of it was his froggy pouch wasn't a penny lighter! The old man had allowed him to eat free, something about 'future Hokage's discount'. He didn't care what it was, he had gotten a free meal out of it. Of course Ayame had to ruin it by yelling at him that it was a one time thing and that he shouldn't get used to it, grinning the whole time. Must be a girl thing. He continued to walk around Konoha, deciding that there would be no training today in preparation for his first day.

He wandered around the village, glares following him everywhere he went. He ignored them, letting his mind wander to all the possibilities of his first day. Would they teach him any sweet jutsu? Would he get his own set of shurikin or kunai? He grinned at all of the paths that seemed to open for him. He would soon be recognized for who he was. 'But maybe that's already starting to happen,' he thought, thinking back to the guy from earlier. He hadn't laughed at him or glared, he might still have been making fun of him, Naruto couldn't be sure, but he seemed to be sincere. He recognized him as a person and accepted him as future Hokage, something nobody had ever done before. Yeah, maybe people were starting to see him differently.

Before he knew it he found himself at the swing across the street from the Academy, swinging slightly in the wind. He went over and sat down, pushing his feet against the ground to start pushing himself. He smiled as he stared at his future school, his heart beating quickly in his chest. He was so close, only a few hours to go.

"Look it's him." He frowned, stalling his swinging for a moment.

"Look at him, as if there isn't a trouble in the world. Little demon." He gripped the ropes tighter, anger rising in his chest.

"Ssh! You know we can't talk about that!"

"I don't see why we have to keep him in the village. He should have been killed. You know what he is!" He fought back the tears forming in his eyes, refusing to let them fall.

"I know, it isn't right. No wonder he's always alone." He had enough. He turned around, glaring at the two women standing close together behind him. They gasped, quickly walking away under his fierce glare. He huffed, quickly wiping the tears away that had yet to fallen.

"Who cares what they think," he sniffed, "I'm going to be to be Hokage some day." He said to himself, going back to swinging.

"Look who it is." A harsh voice said from behind Naruto. He turned his head slightly, taking in the sight of the three older boys behind him before turning back to the Academy building.

"What do you want?" He asked, trying to sound tough but his voice cracking in sadness instead. He cursed himself.

"Oh man, have you been crying?" The leader laughed.

"No!" Naruto yelled, quickly rubbing at his eyes.

"I just had something in my eye." He stated lamely.

"Look at the crybaby boys, no wonder he doesn't have any friends."

"Shut up." Naruto demanded.

"Everyone hates you and you don't even know why do you? You'll never be accepted so why do you even keep trying?"

"Shut up." He said again, a little louder.

"Ha! I bet your parents abandoned you, that's why they're not here. That or they commited suicide so they wouldn't have to be stuck with a kid like you. They hated you just like everyone else."

"Shut up!" Naruto yelled, leaping up from the swing and tackling the leader. He bit into the boys shoulder, swinging his small fists into the older boy's torso.

"Augh! Stop biting me you freak!" He yelled, smashing his fist into Naruto's head repeatedly.

Naruto bit down harder as pain flooded in his head, refusing to release his hold as the older boy continued his assault. 'I'm not a crybaby.'

"Get him off!" The leader demanded the others, ramming his elbow into Naruto's spine. Pain erupted from that spot as the younger boy bit down harder. 'My parents loved me.'

The other two boys grabbed his wrists, twisting his arms and causing him to yell out and release his hold. They slammed him onto the unforgiving ground, dropping their knees onto the crooks of his arms to keep them at his sides as their boss scrambled to his feet. 'They didn't leave me. They were taken.'

"You bastard." The older boy growled, pulling back his leg and kicking Naruto in his cheek. He bit down on the inside of his cheek, drawing blood. Naruto coughed, blood flying from his mouth. The leader continued his assault, fist conecting with his cheek, elbow digging into his throat and stealing his breath. 'I wil be accepted. I will be acknowledged.'

The older boy grinned menacingly at him, drawing back his fist and smashing it harshly into Naruto's nose. He screamed as it cracked, bone crushed underneath the other boy's fist. Blow after blow was delievered to the young boy, and he was unable to defend himself. 'I will be Hokage.'

His body hurt, it ached and stung all over. They laughed at him as they stood over him, backs straight and standing tall.

"He's so pathetic. Let's go." They laughed as they turned on their heels and walked away. Leaving him alone. Too weak to wipe away the tears that had begun to slip from his eyes.

0-0-0

He tore through his dresser, pulling out his drawers roughly and nearly throwing them against the wall. He tore through them, pulling out his clothes and tossing them onto his bed. He shoved them into his bag, grabbing his blanket and shoving it in after. His head pounded, swirling with pain and stinging behind his eyes. He grabbed his froggy pouch and tucking it in his pocket and swinging his bag onto his shoulder. His heart ached with every inhale and his hands stung with every slam of his dresser. He walked into his kitchen, throwing open his cabinets. Finally he was done, his food packed in after his clothes and the tops of his ramen poking out of his bag.

He walked to his front door, stopping for a moment and watching it. He looked back, staring at the now empty apartment and all the memories he had here.

"They all sucked." He said bitterly, throwing open the door and slamming it closed behind him. Not bothering to lock it.

0-0-0

It was dark by now, the village silent as his feet shuffled against the cold ground. Naruto was tired, and he should have been in bed by now but he had given up. Given up on this village that seemed to harbor only animosity and hatred to him. Everytime he took one step forward, like with that kid, he took two steps back and he didn't want to deal with it anymore. He inhaled deeply, rubbing one of the new bruises on his arm. But there were things he was going to miss about his village, like Ayame and the owner of Ichiraku. He wondered for a moment what the name of that old man was, he had never actually learned it. But they were always so nice to him, unlike the other people in this town, always so cold. He was disappointed that he wasn't going to be able to enter the Academy but he didn't need formal training to become a ninja. He just needed determination.

"W-where are you going?" Naruto jumped at the voice, turning to the source with his hands raised in defense. The girl flinched, hunching her sholders in an attempt to look smaller. Her short, dark violet hair hung in her face at an angle, covering her eyes from his veiw. Her hands were held out in front of her in a shaky form of defense, held at odd angles. Her white kimono seemed a little big for her, hanging off of her small, frail arms and she had a permament blush on her round cheeks. On her back was a bag that was very similar to his own, nestled between her shoulder blades.

"Are you following me?" Naruto asked, blinking his eyes at her but keeping his hands up, unsure of how to deal with the discovery of the girl.

"N-no I was j-just...h-heading the same w-way." She stuttered in a quiet voice, so low that Naruto had to struggle to hear her. He looked at the girl in confusion.

"You're heading out of town too?"

She froze for a moment before rapidly nodding her head.

"Why would you do that kid?" He asked, though she was probably the same age as him. Naruto waved his hand at her in impatience, "Go home, your parents are probably worried about you."

"W-what a-about your parents?" She asked, still holding up her hands as well. His heart panged at her question as he turned his head away from her slightly.

"They died." The two were quiet a moment, the street silent around them.

"I'm sorry. My mother died as well." The girl stated, her stutter gone for the moment. Naruto looked at her sadly.

"What about your Dad?"

She shook her head,"H-he doesn't c-care about me, he hates m-me."

The young boy took a step forward,"I'm sure he doesn't hate-"

"Yes he does!" She yelled, finally pulling her hands away from her face. "Y-you haven't seen t-the way he looks at me. Like I'm a d-disgrace, like h-he wishes I had never been born, like i-it's my fault. You can't k-know how that feels!" She yelled, her pure white eyes gleaming with unshed tears.

Naruto found himself with shaking shoulders and anger bubbling up in his throat, heat rising to his face.

"I know how it feels. It feels like you're a monster, like you're a demon that no one wanted and you can't figure out why! I've had to deal with it my entire life and I'm sick of it! Why do you think I'm here in the middle of the night? This village hates me and apparently for no reason, or one that I don't know of. So don't tell me I don't know how it feels!" He yelled back, wiping fiercy at the tears that fell from his round, blue eyes. He breathed heavily, his face red from his anger. The girl sniffled, wiping her tears from her own white eyes.

"I-I'm sorry." She stuttered out.

"It's okay." He said with a nonchalant shrug. They stood like that for a moment.

"I'm Naruto."

She looked at him for a moment before offering him a small smile,"I'm Hinata Hyuuga."

More silence.

"Well, since we're both leaving the village, why don't we go together?" Naruto asked the girl, though unsure as to why he would do such a thing.

She nodded, following after the blonde haired boy as he continued his walk. What was he thinking, taking her with him? He could handle ruining his own life by leaving the village(which was a possibility) but taking another person was something altogether. But she had looked so sad, just like how he imagined he had looked hundreds of times when someone had ignored him or was mean to him and he couldn't help himself. It just came out.

Soon the two were at the village gates, steps away from leaving to whoever knows where. The pair stopped, looking at each other and taking a deep breath. Was he sure about this? 'Yes.' He thought, he was never going to be bullied or picked on again. He was going to be the best ninja anyone from this village had ever seen, better than the Hokage himself.

"Ready?" He asked Hinata, turning his head slightly to peak at the violet haired girl.

She nodded her head,"Y-yes."

"We can't come back after this you know?" He asked.

"I know." She said, looking at him with determination flaring in her white irises.

He nodded, sure of her determination and turned back to the gates, taking a single step forward.

"Wait!"

The two children jumped, turning around quickly to face the new arrival.

"Hey, you're the kid from this morning!" The two boys yelled at each other, seemingly unaware of the sleeping villagers around them.

"Shhhh!" Hinata hissed at them, though it came out very timid.

"What are you doing here?!" Naruto demanded, though at a much lower volume than before.

"I could ask you the same question! Are you two leaving the village? Why would you do that? Don't you know how dangerous that is?" The bushy browed boy inquired, looking at the younger two angrily.

"Yes," Naruto deadpanned.

"Then why-" Naruto cut him off.

"We're tired of the way we've been treated here, so we're leaving no matter the dangers. We'll win their respect and then everyone will see us as what we are. Right Hinata?"

The girl nodded silently.

"What are you?" The older boy asked, slightly confused.

"Human."

He blinked his bug eyes in shock, sadness creeping onto his features as he looked down at the ground.

"I know how you feel."

"You do?" Naruto asked, slightly surprised.

"Yes, you see, my life's dream was to become a great ninja but when I entered into the Academy a year ago they told me that my chakra channels were underdeveloped and I suffer from poor chakra control that will render me unable to ever use ninjutsu and genjutsu, which are necessary for life as a shinobi but I decided that I would become a ninja despite that. I would become a master of taijutsu and then they would respect and understand me, and no longer laugh at me..." He trailed off, staring with a faraway look in his eyes. Naruto watched the boy for a moment before sighing. 'I can't believe I'm doing this, for the second time.'

"You could come with us, you know?" Naruto asked.

The other boy snapped out of his trance, looking at him in confusion.

"Leave with us I mean." He clarified. "We could become a team, kinda." He finished lamely.

"But what about the village? About our home?" He asked, looking back at the sleeping village with sad eyes.

"We'll make a new home, one where everyone is accepted for who they are. No matter what." Naruto answered with a shrug.

He looked back at the younger boy, his expression blank for a moment before a grin curled onto his lips.

"Let me pack."

A/N:The end of chapter one! So the next chapter should be up soon and hopefully the chapters for most of my other fics too, but this might come easier since some of the others ones require a lot for reference and this one is mostly from my own imagination. The next chapter is going to focus on the start of our trio's journey but hopefully a time skip will come in the next few chapters and I'll tell you guys when that comes. Don't forget to review and I look forward to the next chapter.

-Watson